Università Roma Tre

ATOMIC STRUCTURE: ATOMIC MODELS, ATOMIC ORBITALS. CHEMICAL BOND: MOLECULAR ORBITALS. LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS: ENERGY, WORK AND HEAT. STATE FUNCTIONS (RECALL): INTERNAL ENERGY, ENTHALPY, ENTROPY, FREE ENERGY. INTRODUCTION TO THE RADIATION-MATTER INTERACTION (CLASSICAL MODEL). SPECTROSCOPIES: VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY (FT-IR), ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPIES. UV-VIS ABSORPTION AND EMISSION. X-RAYS PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY (XPS). INSTRUMENTATION. EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS OF FT-IR, UV-VIS and XPS SPECTROSCOPIES TO THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ELECTRONIC AND CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF BIOMOLECULES.

PETER ATKINS, JULIO DE PAULA: Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences. ISBN: 9780199564286; slides can be downloaded from the Moodle page.